How many admins/moderators?

Discussion in 'Member and Staff Management' started by Elizabeth, Nov 22, 2010.

  1. Royal

    Royal Regular Member

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    Well it depends how many posts you get roughly per day/week. And users online for me :D.
     
  2. Firecracker

    Firecracker Regular Member

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    There is me and one other Admin at my place. We have just under 100 members but things have been fairly quiet so not too much to moderate really.

    I could easily handle it on my own but we plan to have things like posting competitions and short horror story competitions so its worth having the two of us for sorting that out. I am the owner of the board and the only one who promotes the place.
     
  3. agentmanningctu

    agentmanningctu Regular Member

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    You should never start with more than one admin. As things get more active, hire more moderators first, then admins.
     
  4. Wolfy

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    On my site we have only 1 admin (me) and 3 global mods. I think this works for me.

    I just don't think it is good to have more admins than mods unless it is 1 admin and no mods.
     
  5. Hitakashi

    Hitakashi Regular Member

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    Wouldn't it really depend on what type of genre your forum is? Take for example a hosting forum, you would like atleast someone doing support, and sales and you handle the really in dept technical problems.

    I work at this forum (Support for hosting) and we have 3 Admins - 1, that handles all the payments, client area (Our provider). 2, Deals with design, seo, idea's, ect. 3, Server Tech. 3 Support people, 3 Sales, And i don't think we have any G.Mods or Mods, since all staff have MCP and Global moding :P

    Personally i just think it depends on the type of forum, and if your the type that works better in groups or alone.
     
  6. Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Regular Member

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    After a certain point or if you have a weak point in a particular area, that's true. But for most people starting out, they are on shared hosting so the server tech is not needed. And while some admins aren't graphically inclined, some are....or are enough to muddle thru.
    Actually, not finding any skins I liked is what got me into the business to begin with.
     
  7. The Hat Tipper

    The Hat Tipper Regular Member

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    It depends on:
    your activity
    your time
    activity on the forum
    number of members you distrust/are not the greatest members
    how many people love your forum
     
  8. Trealix

    Trealix Gamer

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    Look, it really depends If you had 5k of members I would hire 5 mods and 1 s.mod
     
  9. theezy

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    Enough so that nobody feels overwhelmed.
     
  10. Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Regular Member

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    I agree, however, I'm usually wearing two hats. I have one profile called admin for the very official stuff, and then my own more personal profile. When I first started out, I had little experience on the software but my partner did, so I did have a Tech Admin for a number of years. Now, he's less active due to family, I do understand far more, and I've switched to a software he's not familiar with.

    Another reason to have a second persona of yourself as admin is security. Make both into Super Admins, or for vb, you put both in the unalterable line of the configuration file. If you are ever hacked, they tend to look for the "admin" before anyone else.
     
  11. Kaiser

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    I never plan to hire any admins at any point because I feel there is no need for it, and I can handle it all by myself. But yes I will hire mods as the forum gets bigger and bigger. Might promote a trusted mod to admin in the future if it is necessary
     
  12. dee4life

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    My forum has roughly 50 active members online each day and I've come to the decision to hand over the moderating duties to the community meaning I do no decision making myself. Everything is voted on by the members and moderators are chosen by the members voting. It works well but only because we have a loyal community.
     
  13. aragorn

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    it really all depends on the size...

    when a forum is just started, only 1 admin is needed, the founder of the forum, and no mods. if there's a lot of staff when a forum has just opened, for some reason it makes the forum look unactive.
     
  14. josephc

    josephc Regular Member

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    I have 800+ members on my forum with 2 Administrators and 1 Moderator. I haven't got a need for any more at the moment, have been going pretty well with the 2A / 1M for quite a while.
     
  15. Kaiser

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    Right now AdminBB has 2 Admins and 1 Super Moderator.
     
  16. David

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    At this moment, with under 50 members and under 1000 posts, it's just me on the staff. I find that its easier to make decisions, but effectively, I act as a member, not someone who is power hungry, so users will tend to just get along. I may consider staff at the 100 member stage.
     
  17. Kaiser

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    AdminBB is at 4 staff members at the moment, but that will change soon. For our list you can visit http://admin-talk.com/XenStaff/
     
  18. David

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    It seems like a right amount so long as you are covering different timezones. It depends on your forum genre though. Some forums may require more staff, some not as much.
     
  19. Kaiser

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    We are fine with the staff we have right now, we do have different time zones, me and blazing live in america, and ashley and joker are in uk so its pretty much covered. 2 people and 2 different times.
     
  20. cpvr

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    I have three administrators[including me] and about 5 moderators. I just fired two moderators the other day due to their lack of activity and not being on the community for about a week or two.
     

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